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[Julius Ibidus]

Put a podcast on and hit the sky.

It's my go to game if I want to unwind for a couple of hours.

Although I don't know how it would feel with a controller in hand on longer flights instead of a flight stick.

what's the best stick to get for this?

 

[Banjo64]

what's the best stick to get for this?

I’ve bought this one on eBay;

 

[Moonjt9]

Reviews are looking really good. This is the one Xbox exclusive that really makes me wish I could play it. It looks so damn cool.

 

[GHG]

what's the best stick to get for this?

I have a Thrustmaster T1600m and it's been perfect but it depends on what planes you think you will be flying the most. For the larger airliners something with a yoke will be better.

I like the mid size and smaller planes so the T1600m is good for those and I also use it in Elite Dangerous.

 

[Banjo64]

4 reviews in, sitting at 94 MC.

Microsoft Flight Simulator

From light planes to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the next generation of Microsoft Flight Simulator. Test your piloting skills against the challenges of night flying, real-time atmospheric simulation and live weather in a dynamic and living world.

www.metacritic.com

92 after 10 reviews now.

 

[Interfectum]

I’ve bought this one on eBay;

For authentic flight experience make sure you sit on it.

 

[Riky]

This and Infinite really make me want a SeriesX. It's 60fps vs 30 on S right?

If you have VRR you can get up to 60fps on both.

 

[22:22:22]

Don't you dare side eye my optimism!

4k 30fps on series x
1080p 30fps on series s

there's no 60fps it seems but you don't need it for this kind of game. i'm playing at 30fps on pc.

There it is, I was remembering wrong, yeah 1080p vs 4k. Thanks!

30fps on both and it's one of those games that doesn't really benefit much from higher framerates. A lot of people play at 30fps on PC as well outside of VR.

Thanks. That's weird because I think it's a game where you look around all the time, be it in cockpit view or third person, and 30fps in my experience is pretty straining on my eyes. Then again it's mostly skies and clouds in your horizontal periphery that enables a smoother looking experience I guess... Anyways it isn't a dealbreaker at all so yeah..

 

[Larvana]

Because it is, it's not a title for an average Joe, it's a simulator, it's in the name even, it targets a specific group of people/enthusiasts, and once the visual impression wears off, once people check out how their hometowns look in the game etc. I really don't expect many XB players to stick with the title for longer, people who are really into this stuff have already been playing it for year on their PCs, with throttles, pedals, VR googles and what's not. Because really, there isn't much gameplay in it other than some sightseeing, the franchise is decades old now, for someone who wasn't into it already there won't be anything new in FS2020.

Sounds like most PlayStation exclusives.

 

[Clear]

Sounds like most PlayStation exclusives.

Nah, Playstation exclusives tend to built around story and characters. Pretty much the antithesis of what a flight sim is.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Welcome to the skies my Xbox friends its such a fun and chill game when you want it to be.

Preloaded on my Xbox and cant wait to try it on console.

 

[Interfectum]

Welcome to the skies my Xbox friends its such a fun and chill game when you want it to be.

Preloaded on my Xbox and cant wait to try it on console.

Yup, can't wait to play it. I think my kids will have fun playing and watching it too.

 

[Genx3]

Because it is, it's not a title for an average Joe, it's a simulator, it's in the name even, it targets a specific group of people/enthusiasts, and once the visual impression wears off, once people check out how their hometowns look in the game etc. I really don't expect many XB players to stick with the title for longer, people who are really into this stuff have already been playing it for year on their PCs, with throttles, pedals, VR googles and what's not. Because really, there isn't much gameplay in it other than some sightseeing, the franchise is decades old now, for someone who wasn't into it already there won't be anything new in FS2020.

There are a lot, I mean a lot of people that have never tried Flight Sim and will now be able to try it due to it not only being on console but on Game Pass as well. This will open the door to a whole new market of people that would never have even tried Flight Sim in the past. I expect Flight Sim to be huge all gen long.

 

[Sealord of Braavos]

This is shaping up to be everything I had hoped for when it was announced to be coming to consoles.

Now I need to figure out how I’m going to set up a decent control setup in my living room in front of my LGCX. I know she’ll roll her eyes but I think my wife will be okay if I set up a small card table in front of the OLED for a platform for some good flight controls. Need to start researching.

 

[SlimySnake]

It's my go to game if I want to unwind for a couple of hours.

Yeah, browsing gaf all day also tires me out.

 

[GHG]

Yeah, browsing gaf all day also tires me out.

Not only that, it's aged you.

 

[Umbasaborne]

Why are influencers allowed to play and we are not? They should just unlock it today.

 

[daclynk]

XBOX NEXT GEN GAME START NOW!!! its going to be a fun Gen.

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

Why are influencers allowed to play and we are not? They should just unlock it today.

So they can influence you. You don't deserve to play it on the same day as them.

 

[Umbasaborne]

So they can influence you. You don't deserve to play it on the same day as them.

It is crazy that they are able to playe earlier than paying customers. I think if you paid for the premium edition it should unlock a few days early for you

 

[Markio128]

I’m really looking forward to trying this one. I’m thinking of taking a short-haul flight from Manchester airport to Blackpool airport, if they both exist.

 

[MrFunSocks]

It is crazy that they are able to playe earlier than paying customers. I think if you paid for the premium edition it should unlock a few days early for you

Like it or not, and as sad as it is, lots of these people actually do have a lot of influence over a lot of the general gaming population. They hype a game up, even though they're paid to, and it'll bring in more sales.

 

[Banjo64]

I’m really looking forward to trying this one. I’m thinking of taking a short-haul flight from Manchester airport to Blackpool airport, if they both exist.

Manchester to Amsterdam is the first I’ll do I think, just shy of 1 hour IRL.

 

[Markio128]

Manchester to Amsterdam is the first I’ll do I think, just shy of 1 hour IRL.

Pity you won’t be able to land in Amsterdam and partake in the ‘offerings’

 

[Riky]

Supporting quick resume is going to be a great feature for this, very happy about that.

 

[Javthusiast]

Exactly. Its a title that were it to have come out a different time, and on a different platform would not be getting a fraction of the attention is currently attracting.

 

[Julius Ibidus]

I’ve bought this one on eBay;

will i get a free month of GamePass with it?

 

[22:22:22]

Pity you won’t be able to land in Amsterdam and partake in the ‘offerings’

Rude tourists and the smell of piss?

 

[Fredrik]

Yup, can't wait to play it. I think my kids will have fun playing and watching it too.

I had my kids watching a trailer, they were glued to the screen asking a million questions lol, haven’t been in an airplane in real life.

 

[CatLady]

I'm going to check out Los Angeles tomorrow and see if I can find my building. It's quite distinctive and the the tallest one one in a mostly single-family residential neighborhood.

P.S. for all you flight sim pros I want to see more gorgeous videos of this game.

 

[ANDS]

i'm interested how they are making it playable on just a controller without having to dumb it down too much.

if they do a good job then i might get a series s just to play this on my tv when not at my pc

It was already playable with a controller.

 

[Clear]

Tough. Its true.

Flight Sims have been around forever and all this is, is a prettier version of the same thing. The appeal beyond the shiny is exactly the same niche market that it was 38 years ago, and it still barely qualifies as a "videogame".

There's nothing at all wrong with that, but if you are arguing that its got any sort of mass-market appeal beyond visual and technical novelty you're tripping. In that respect its ideally suited to Gamepass because people will download to gawp at the graphics and show it off to their friends, but its going to be forgotten or deleted by most users just as quickly.

Sorry, but unless you're one of a small but dedicated community of flight enthusiasts its basically an elaborate screensaver. Pilot Wings it aint.

 

[Vasto]

How long before the game goes live on Xbox?

 

[Wonko_C]

And here I was thinking "its not a real game"

/s

Technically you are correct: It's not a game, it's a simulator. Real life pilots and aviation enthusiasts have trained on this and other simulators (X-Plane, Prepar3D) for decades. The whole simmer/aviation community sets itself apart from the gaming community.

 

[Dr Bass]

Sounds like most PlayStation exclusives.

Yep all those playstation exclusives where there "isn't much gameplay." That's definitely how those games are created and reviewed.

You know, it's quite alright if someone wants to be xbox-only, or ps-only, or for some reason switch-only but ...

The lying and straw man arguments consistently come from one side it seems, and it's getting close to kinda pathetic at this point. There are some members in particular who like to say PS games have "bad gameplay" and then pick another particular platform not exactly tearing up the release charts right now. Or for the last several years.

Again, it's great you have your favorites. Everyone does. But the straight up lying about the competition is just sad. It screams of massive insecurity in your own favorites.

Btw, this game looks great.

 

[22:22:22]

I'm gonna role play Tom Cruise role playing Barry Seal as a cocaine smuggler.. Awesome Vistas and nerve wrecking trips await me... Can't wait

 

[Genx3]

Tough. Its true.

Flight Sims have been around forever and all this is, is a prettier version of the same thing. The appeal beyond the shiny is exactly the same niche market that it was 38 years ago, and it still barely qualifies as a "videogame".

There's nothing at all wrong with that, but if you are arguing that its got any sort of mass-market appeal beyond visual and technical novelty you're tripping. In that respect its ideally suited to Gamepass because people will download to gawp at the graphics and show it off to their friends, but its going to be forgotten or deleted by most users just as quickly.

Sorry, but unless you're one of a small but dedicated community of flight enthusiasts its basically an elaborate screensaver. Pilot Wings it aint.

Pushing your agenda and subjective opinion as fact in this case is ridiculous.

The only thing that is fact is that you're upset that people are excited for an Xbox game.

This is the Flight sim to end Flight sims.
The whole Earth is there for you to discover in beautiful UHD.

If that doesn't excite you that's fine but don't try to pretend other people can't be excited for this.
There are plenty of reasons to be excited.

 

[Markio128]

Rude tourists and the smell of piss?

I was too busy urinating and shouting obscenities at passer-by’s to notice when I was there

 

[CobraAB]

Tough. Its true.

Flight Sims have been around forever and all this is, is a prettier version of the same thing. The appeal beyond the shiny is exactly the same niche market that it was 38 years ago, and it still barely qualifies as a "videogame".

There's nothing at all wrong with that, but if you are arguing that its got any sort of mass-market appeal beyond visual and technical novelty you're tripping. In that respect its ideally suited to Gamepass because people will download to gawp at the graphics and show it off to their friends, but its going to be forgotten or deleted by most users just as quickly.

Sorry, but unless you're one of a small but dedicated community of flight enthusiasts its basically an elaborate screensaver. Pilot Wings it aint.

It’s not a “game game”

 

[22:22:22]

I was too busy urinating and shouting obscenities at passer-by’s to notice when I was there

 

[MilkyJoe]

Pity you won’t be able to land in Amsterdam and partake in the ‘offerings’

He'll just have to have a cigarette and a wank

 

[Markio128]

He'll just have to have a cigarette and a wank

Was that an Oasis song?

 

[Clear]

Pushing your agenda and subjective opinion as fact in this case is ridiculous.

The only thing that is fact is that you're upset that people are excited for an Xbox game.

This is the Flight sim to end Flight sims.
The whole Earth is there for you to discover in beautiful UHD.

If that doesn't excite you that's fine but don't try to pretend other people can't be excited for this.
There are plenty of reasons to be excited.

Is this a counter-argument or an advert?

"the flight sim to end flight sims" ? WTF.

I never said you shouldn't be excited, I just said its appeal is to a niche, not a mass-market audience the same as any other transport sim. And the only reason its getting so much hype is because its useful demonstration of a bunch of MS' technologies.

Its comical to me, we're on a forum where the delay caused by watching a cut-scene is often excoriated as not being "respectful of people's time". How are people going to react to a game where the overwhelming majority and point of the experience is simply moving point-to-point above vast and admittedly beautifully detailed landscapes?

How many Xbox fans bashed Death Stranding for this exact reason?

 

[bender]

To sum up this thread.

 

[Genx3]

Is this a counter-argument or an advert?

"the flight sim to end flight sims" ? WTF.

I never said you shouldn't be excited, I just said its appeal is to a niche, not a mass-market audience the same as any other transport sim. And the only reason its getting so much hype is because its useful demonstration of a bunch of MS' technologies.

It's appeal might be niche but with a console release as well as it being available on Game Pass this should open this game up to many more people. There are many niche genres by the way and most people don't ever even try them.

 

[splattered]

I don't know how often i'm gonna play it but i am SO buying a flight stick regardless. CAN'T WAIT!

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

Is this a counter-argument or an advert?

"the flight sim to end flight sims" ? WTF.

I never said you shouldn't be excited, I just said its appeal is to a niche, not a mass-market audience the same as any other transport sim. And the only reason its getting so much hype is because its useful demonstration of a bunch of MS' technologies.

Its comical to me, we're on a forum where the delay caused by watching a cut-scene is often excoriated as not being "respectful of people's time". How are people going to react to a game where the overwhelming majority and point of the experience is simply moving point-to-point above vast and admittedly beautifully detailed landscapes?

How many Xbox fans bashed Death Stranding for this exact reason?

A) I wish people would stop with the "this game doesn't respect my time" cringe. As if they'd be doing something so much more worth their time if they weren't playing vidya.
B) What does Death Stranding have to do with MSFS2020? Literally nobody thinks this is anything but a flight sim.

 

[22:22:22]

I don't know how often i'm gonna play it but i am SO buying a flight stick regardless. CAN'T WAIT!

Yeah that would be dope

Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS X, joystick en throttle met dubbel roersysteem,... | bol

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This one is reasonably priced.. also nice with Ace Combat 7 I reckon...

Or this one

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Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas 4 Joystick - PS4/PC - Zwart. Realistic joystickErgonomisch ontworpen om goed in de hand te liggen bij alle soorten vluchten...

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[bender]

B) What does Death Stranding have to do with MSFS2020? Literally nobody thinks this is anything but a flight sim.

Norman Reedus is my co-pilot.

 

[Naked Lunch]

Tough. Its true.

Flight Sims have been around forever and all this is, is a prettier version of the same thing. The appeal beyond the shiny is exactly the same niche market that it was 38 years ago, and it still barely qualifies as a "videogame".

There's nothing at all wrong with that, but if you are arguing that its got any sort of mass-market appeal beyond visual and technical novelty you're tripping. In that respect its ideally suited to Gamepass because people will download to gawp at the graphics and show it off to their friends, but its going to be forgotten or deleted by most users just as quickly.

Sorry, but unless you're one of a small but dedicated community of flight enthusiasts its basically an elaborate screensaver. Pilot Wings it aint.

I read the exact same downplaying in an Ascent thread last week.
Seeing a pattern here on Xbox exclusives - and its just getting started.
Gonna be a rough gen for yall.